Re: Re: reading a book to class

From: Keith Taber <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:05:55 -0400

I tend to see these hypos as invitations to sit on a couch with Matt, Katie, and Al for a cup of coffee first thing in the morning.

The bad publicity the publishing industry would get for even sending you a letter would be priceless to those in the world who are attempting the limit the powers of copyright holders.

I'll let others comment on the legalities . . .

Keith

• "John T. Mitchell" <mitchell[_at_]interactionlaw.com> wrote:

> I have always thought that some groups, classes and
> day care centers
> might be sufficiently small and collegial to be
> considered part of
> the normal circle of friends and family, thus making
> it a private
> performance -- but it would depend on the class.
> There's not much
> case law the parameters of that circle.
>
> John
> ____________
> John T. Mitchell
> http://interactionlaw.com
>
> On Jun 24, 2005, at 4:00 PM, John Eye wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is reading a copyrighted book to the class (for
> entertainment or
> > reward) a violation of copyright law? Wouldn't
> this be a public
> > performance for which permission would have to be
> obtained? To me,
> > this seems to be an example of the over-reaching
> control of copyright.
> >
> > John Eye
> >
> >
> >
>

#############################################################

> > This message is sent to you because you are
> subscribed to
> > the mailing list <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org>.
> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to:
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-off[_at_]cni.org>
> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-digest[_at_]cni.org>
> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-index[_at_]cni.org>
> > To postpone your subscription, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-null[_at_]cni.org>
> > Send administrative queries to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-request[_at_]cni.org>
> >
> > Visit the CNI-COPYRIGHT e-mail list archive at
> <https://
> > mail2.cni.org/Lists/CNI-COPYRIGHT/>.
> >
> >
>
>
>

#############################################################

> This message is sent to you because you are
> subscribed to
> the mailing list <CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org>.
> To unsubscribe, E-mail to:
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-off[_at_]cni.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-digest[_at_]cni.org>
> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-index[_at_]cni.org>
> To postpone your subscription, E-mail to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-null[_at_]cni.org>
> Send administrative queries to
> <CNI-COPYRIGHT-request[_at_]cni.org>
>
> Visit the CNI-COPYRIGHT e-mail list archive at
> <https://mail2.cni.org/Lists/CNI-COPYRIGHT/>.
>

---

Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Fri Jul 01 2005 - 01:05:55 GMT